This was Television on February 12

2008: The 2007–08 writers’ strike ends

After 100 days on strike, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted to end their longest work stoppage since 1988 and agree to a new deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTA). The crux of the strike, and the subsequent agreement, was the treatment of materials produced for and/or distributed via the Internet. It lead to a contract which paid writers greater residuals for work streamed online, and brought the burgeoning realm of entertainment produced directly for the Web under the union’s aegis. -A.D.